Live on Sky Sports 1: Sat 17.30: A score draw (3/1, bet365) at Arsenal and a scorer double are two of our four Premier League picks.
Arsenal remain top of the Premier League following the hard-fought 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace but they face one of their biggest tests of the season so far as they entertain high-flying Liverpool.
Unbeaten in the league since the opening day, the Gunners are BetVictor’s 5/4 favourites to maintain that record by collecting all three points while the Reds, who have only suffered one defeat themselves, are Stan James’s 9/4 outsiders and it’s 5/2 with William Hill to finish all square at the Emirates Stadium.
The corresponding fixture last term proved inconclusive and a repeat of the 2-2 scoreline from that January contest might lure one or two speculative punters at odds of 13/1 courtesy of BetVictor.
Alternatively, bet365 quote 3/1 for any score draw and despite Arsenal’s home advantage, that’s arguably the best bet in North London given the form of the visiting strike force. Indeed, any team that possesses a partnership as potent as Reds duo Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, has to be respected and the pair aren’t without appeal at 8/5 (bet365) and 2/1 (Winner.com) respectively, to notch at any time.
Staying with goals meanwhile, Stan James’s 4/7 for both teams to contribute to the tally looks a banker and it’s an equally enticing 7/10 at betway for the contest to produce three or more.
Manchester United again looked vulnerable last weekend, albeit in victory, this time against Stoke, so they don’t exactly set the pulse racing at 8/13 (Skybet) ahead of their trip to Fulham. The champions should ultimately come out on top but the price is too short and a shrewder wager would be on Robin van Persie, at 11/10 with BetVictor, to score at any time for the third game on the bounce.
It should be an easier afternoon for United’s neighbours Man City, who are 2/9 at best via Paddy Power to send Norwich home empty-handed and 6/4 in bet365’s handicaps when kicking off two goals behind. Meanwhile, at Goodison Park, Sunday’s collision between two in-form sides, Everton and Spurs, is 23/10 (Stan James) to end in stalemate.
High-flying Southampton might also have to settle for a point, at Stoke, a result betway chalk up at 23/10, Cardiff and Swansea are 12/5 with BetVictor to share the spoils in their potentially fiery derby showdown and Stan James make Hull’s clash with Sunderland at 12/5 to be inconclusive.
Finally, Skybet quote West Brom at 8/13 to heap more misery on hapless Crystal Palace at the Hawthorns and Ladbrokes’s 6/5 chances West Ham narrowly get the nod against Aston Villa.
Recommended Bets:
Double on Suarez and Van Persie to score at any time – 4/1 (BetVictor)
Arsenal v Liverpool score draw – 3/1 (bet365)
Double on West Brom and Man City – 9/10 (Coral)
Draw double on games at Everton & Cardiff – 21/2 (BetVictor)
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